The State Security Service (SSS) says it has freed and compensated a man who was wrongly detained for an alleged role in the abduction of 46 pupils, including seven teachers, from three schools in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State.
The SSS media unit disclosed this in a press statement shared with PREMIUM TIMES on Tuesday. According to the statement, the man, identified as Mustapha Marwana, was initially linked to the Ansaru terror group.
However, the SSS director general, Oluwatosin Ajayi, ordered his “immediate release” following an investigation by a panel “which established that Katsina -born Mustapha is not a member of any terrorist organisation and had no operational links with the Ansaru terrorist group.”
“Mustapha was arrested in connection with the abduction and killing of school pupils and teachers in Oriire LGA, Oyo State,” the statement reads. “He was subsequently subjected to thorough investigation to establish the extent, if any, of his involvement in the activities under investigation.”
PREMIUM TIMES reported that terrorists invaded the schools on 15 May, kidnapping the students and their teachers. The assailants killed one teacher before leaving the scene and another in captivity.
